Coast NW from Roche Bluff (Pleistocene of Montserrat)

Where: Montserrat (16.7° N, 62.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° N, 62.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by McGregor in 1936; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: H. D. Thomas. 1938. Notes on the corals from the fossiliferous tuffs of Roche Bluff, in The Royal Society expedition to Montserrat, B.W.I. The volcanic history and petrology of Montserrat with observations on Mt Pelé, in Martinique. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. Biological Sciences 557:80-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209803: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa
"Phyllocoenia cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Solenastraea hyades" = Solenastrea hyades
"Solenastraea hyades" = Solenastrea hyades Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Phyllocoenia annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Phyllocoenia annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral